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eye and ear
medical terminology related to eye and ear
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aque/o | water |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
| cor/o | pupil |
| corne/o | cornea |
| cycl/o | ciliary body or muscle of the eye |
| dacry/o | tears, tear duct |
| ir/o, irid/o | iris (colored portion of the eye around the pupil) |
| kerat/o | cornea |
| lacrim/o | tears |
| ocul/o | eye |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| opt/o, optic/o | eye, vision |
| palpebr/o | eyelid |
| papill/o | optic disc; nipple-like |
| phac/o,phak/o | lens of the eye |
| pupill/o | pupil |
| retin/o | retina |
| scler/o | sclera (white of the eye); hard |
| uve/o | uvea; vascular layer of the eye (iris, ciliary body, and choroid) |
| vitre/o | glassy |
| ambly/o | dull, dim |
| dipl/o | double |
| glauc/o | gray |
| mi/o | smaller, less |
| mydr/o | widen, enlarge |
| nyct/o | night |
| phot/o | light |
| presby/o | old age |
| scot/o | darkness |
| xer/o | dry |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsia | vision |
| -tropia | to turn |
| acous/o | hearing |
| audi/o | hearing; the sense of hearing |
| aur/o, auricul/o | ear |
| coche/o | cochlea |
| mastoid | mastoid process |
| myring/o | eardrum, tympanic membrane |
| ossicul/o | ossicle |
| ot/o | ear |
| salping/o | Eustachian tube, auditory tube |
| staped/o | stapes (third bone of the middle ear) |
| tympan/o | eardrum, tympanic membrane |
| vestibul/o | vestibule |
| -acusis or -cusis | hearing |
| -meter | instrument to measure |
| -otia | ear condition |